The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1914
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
4:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.62° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.49° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.